CNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Los ecuatorianos votaron para prohibir la extracción de petróleo en uno de los lugares con mayor biodiversidad del planeta, el Parque Nacional Yasuní, situado en la selva amazónica. A los ciudadanos se les preguntó en la consulta: “¿Está de acuerdo en que el Gobierno ecuatoriano mantenga las reservas de petróleo
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The nation’s largest railroad union wants federal regulators to do more to ensure conductors are properly trained in the wake of two recent trainee deaths in Maryland. The union that represents conductors wants the Federal Railroad Administration to establish clear standards for how long new
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government has declared the Jesuit religious order illegal, and ordered the confiscation of all its property. The move comes a week after the government of President Daniel Ortega confiscated the prestigious Jesuit-run University of Central America in Nicaragua, arguing it was a “center of terrorism.” The confiscation order published Wednesday
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Yevgeny Prigozhin made his name as the profane and brutal mercenary boss who in June mounted an armed rebellion that was the most severe and shocking challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Prigozhin was aboard a plane that crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, killing all 10 people on
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN (CNN) — A North Carolina woman is facing false report and other charges after police say she sent anonymous messages to a friend and the Department of Social Services saying she had been attacked and killed. Maggie Sweeney, 37, was arrested on Monday and released on a written promise to appear
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press His name was on the manifest of a passenger plane that crashed in Russia. Just two months ago, Yevgeny Prigozhin was leading a column of his Wagner mercenaries toward Moscow in what the Kremlin called an insurrection. In between, he supposedly cut a deal with Vladimir Putin and the leader of
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy and Samantha Delouya, CNN New York (CNN) — The artificial intelligence boom continues to fuel a blockbuster year for chipmaker Nvidia. Nvidia’s stock jumped as much as 9% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the Santa Clara, California-based company posted year-over-year sales growth of 101%, to $13.5 billion for the three months ended
Continue ReadingBy HARUNA UMAR Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Locals have reported the abduction of 42 women during an attack by Islamic extremist rebels in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state. The attackers are suspected to be members of the Boko Haram extremist group. They targeted the women on Tuesday after they left a camp for displaced
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fox News argued in court Wednesday that its hosts and guests were merely raising questions and “presented a puzzle to unravel” when they repeatedly suggested, falsely, that January 6 rioter Ray Epps was a government agent who orchestrated the attack. The pushback came in a defamation suit that Epps
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Priscilla Presley had an instinct that something was off with her daughter Lisa Marie Presley days before she died earlier this year. “I did know there was something not right,” Priscilla said in an interview published Wednesday with The Hollywood Reporter. Priscilla told the outlet that she remembered Lisa
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The mother of a U.S. Army private who mysteriously sprinted across the border into North Korea last month says her son, Travis King, has “so many reasons to come home. Claudine Gates spoke Wednesday to The Associated Press, casting doubt on a recent statement from North Korea’s
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. nurse who was kidnapped in Haiti last month with her young daughter spoke via video this week for the first time since her release. Alix Dorsainvil appeared alone in the video and sat in a manicured garden with crickets chirping in the background. She thanked people who
Continue ReadingYORK, S.C. (AP) — A 50-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her newborn daughter, whose stabbed body was found in a plastic bag in a South Carolina river in 1992. A York County jury convicted Stacy Michelle Rabon of homicide by child abuse earlier this month. She was charged with
Continue ReadingBy SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A compromise deal on a state budget is likely to be reached in the next few days. That’s according to remarks Wednesday from a bipartisan group of Virginia lawmakers who have been leading this year’s drawn-out negotiations. Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee co-chair Janet Howell says
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Melissa Joan Hart dijo que estuvo a punto de ser despedida de “Sabrina, la bruja adolescente” después de hacer una sesión de fotos para la revista Maxim. La actriz participaba en el podcast “Pod Meets World” cuando los presentadores Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle y Rider Strong mostraron una foto en la
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Después de una espera tensionante, Intuitive Machines, la compañía detrás de la misión de alunizaje Odysseus, confirmó que la nave está “en posición vertical y empieza a enviar datos”. El módulo estadounidense Odysseus, apodado “Odie” o IM-1, es el primero en aterrizar en la Luna en más de 50 años. Si
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Jack Ma, co-founder of China’s most successful tech empire and billionaire entrepreneur. Personal Birth date: September 10, 1964 Birth place: Hangzhou, China Birth name: Ma Yun Father: Ma Laifa Mother: Cui Wencai Marriage: Zhang Ying (Cathy Zhang) Children: Two (some sources say three)
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Personal Birth date: September 11, 1965 Birth place: Damascus, Syria Father: Hafez Assad, late Syrian President Mother: Anisa Makhlouf al-Assad Marriage: Asma (Akhras) al-Assad (2000-present) Children: Karim, Zein and Hafez Education: University of Damascus, Medicine, 1988; Ophthalmology residency, London,
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By Claire Metz Click here for updates on this story FLAGLER COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — Parents of Black students in the fourth and fifth grades at Bunnell Elementary in Flagler County are upset, saying their children were targeted for underperforming on standardized tests. Only Black students, whether low scoring or not, were called into an
Continue ReadingBy Nick Sloan Click here for updates on this story CLINTON COUNTY, Missouri (KMBC) — A 78-year-old driver from Edgerton, Missouri, is accused of leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase on Tuesday, reaching speeds of up to 113 MPH. The incident occurred on 33 Highway just outside of Holt and concluded in Lathrop. It
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